A Guide to Netflix's Harlan Coben Collection
…by the man himself!
- Laura Rutkowski
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With Harlan Coben, it’s clear that all of his ideas for his books start with a “What if…”
“There’s always something that happens in my regular life that I turn around in some way,” he says.
There’s currently 12 book adaptations you can watch on Netflix, with the latest one being Run Away, starring James Nesbitt as a dad searching for his daughter who’s addicted to drugs and has run away from home. The king of the thriller genre says, “I want the ‘WTF’ when you watch my shows, I want the jaw to drop. That's fun.”
There’s no better person to walk you through his collection than Coben himself, so we asked him to explain all of his “What ifs…”
Showing 1 to 12 of 12 results
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2026
Crime/detective
Thriller
15
Adapted by Harlan Coben from his own novel, Run Away is an eight-part thriller about the trauma and secrets that bind a family but can also tear them apart. From the outside, Simon Greene (James Nesbitt) and his wife Ingrid (Minnie Driver) appear to have a perfect life but behind closed doors, there are chinks in the family's armour. His eldest daughter, Paige (Ellie de Lange), unexpectedly runs away from home and Simon launches a desperate search to locate her. Private investigator Elena Ravenscroft (Ruth Jones) is also looking for Paige and Simon must decide whether to trust her and work together to find his child
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2025
Romance
Thriller
15
Eleven years after her fiance disappeared, Detective Donovan sees his profile on a dating app. Thriller based on Harlan Coben's novel starring Rosalind Eleazar, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt and Ashley Walters
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2024
Mystery
Romance
15
A homegrown cast contends with betrayal and deadly desired in an eight-part thriller adapted by screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst from Harlan Coben's 2016 novel. Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan) is shell-shocked by the murder of her husband Joe (Richard Armitage) and Detective Sergeant Sami Kierce (Adeel Akhtar) leads the investigation into his homicide. Joe's protective mother Judith (Joanna Lumley) becomes an ally during this dark period. To keep an eye on her young daughter in her hour of grief, Maya secretly installs a nanny-cam in the family home and she is stunned to see recorded images of her husband, who she thought was dead. Meanwhile, Maya's niece and nephew Abby and Daniel embark on a separate quest for answers about their mother's murder, several months earlier
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2018
Thriller
Crime/detective
15
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a widowed surgeon begins uncovering dark secrets of the people closest to him.
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2020
Drama
Romance
15
The secrets and lies of suburban families are made public by the appearance of a stranger.
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2021
Thriller
Comedy
15
The lives of a photojournalist, a soccer mom and a homicide detective are disturbed by a terrible event from the past. Crime drama, starring Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt and Richard Armitage
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2025
Thriller
Crime/detective
15
Greta confronts her dark past when an ominous photo surfaces that threatens her husband and her world. Polish thriller, starring Maria Debska and Cezary Lukaszewicz
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2025
Crime/detective
Thriller
15
Journalist Ema Garay (Soledad Villamil) confronts her demons to expose the truth in a Spanish-language thriller based on Harlan Coben's novel Caught. Ema is a prominent figure in the city of Bariloche in Argentinian Patagonia, where she pursues justice at all costs by exposing criminals who evade the law. Her wide-ranging investigation into the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl identifies respected community figure Leo Mercer (Juan Minujin) as a prime suspect. For once, Ema is personally conflicted in her pursuit of a story and she asks uncomfortable questions of herself
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2021
Thriller
Crime/detective
15
Spanish thriller about a man who accidentally kills a man and suffers dire consequences, tumbling down a rabbit hole of violence and misery.
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2020
Mystery
Crime/detective
15
Polish crime thriller about a prosecutor from Warsaw, who discovers evidence that his missing sister might still be alive 25 years after she vanished.
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2022
Thriller
Crime/detective
15
When a young man goes missing soon after his friend dies, life in a tight-knit, affluent Warsaw suburb slowly unravels, exposing secrets and lies.
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2021
Thriller
Crime/detective
18
Guillaume thought he had drawn a line under the terrible tragedy which saw the two people he loved the most die. Ten years later, Judith, whose love has made his life worth living again, suddenly disappears during his mother's funeral.
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